ikṣvākú [RV.] and íkṣvāku {AV.}. m. N. of a man RV. x, 60, 7 AV. xix, 39, 9
• of a son of Manu Vaivasvata (father of Kukshi and first king of the solar dynasty in Ayodhyā)
MBh. R. Bhag. Hariv. VP.
• a descendant of Ikshvāku R. Ragh.
• (some Buddhists as well as the Jainas derive their Cakravartins and many of their Arhats from Ikshvāku)
• (avas), m. N. of a warrior-tribe descended from Ikshvāku VarBṛS.
• (us), f. a bitter gourd
• according to some, the Coloquintida (Citrillus Colocynthis), the fruit of a wild species of Lagenaria Vulgaris Suśr. 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William